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Author Archives: pclifton
Dusting off the wings (literally)
OK…after a fairly drawn-out, but largely successful hangar cleanup effort, it’s time to get back to practical work on this thing. I haven’t been totally lapsing the past few months – there’s been a fair amount of time nailing down … Continue reading
Posted in Wings
Hours Logged: 2.5
Rudder system rigging
Basically what the title says. Tonight I got the rudder pedals rigged up. Last time, I quit for the night after realizing I needed the rear pedal hardware in place before messing around with the pedals. Here’s a look at … Continue reading
Rudder cable stuff
OK, so this wasn’t exactly the most victorious of work sessions. I’d hoped to get the rudder cables rigged up and the pedals set up properly, but I didn’t make it that far. You see, before connecting the rudder cables … Continue reading
Posted in Empennage
Hours Logged: 1
Rudder stop adjustment
Tonight I picked up where I left off last night, with working out a method to measure rudder travel. As alluded to previously, I ended up creating an angle reference on the floor and using that, plus a plumb bob … Continue reading
Posted in Empennage
Hours Logged: 2.5
Rudder hanging
Time to get back at it. Tonight I decided to see about getting the rudder hung, preparatory to setting up the proper travel. First oder of business, dating back to when I fitted the rudder stop a while ago, was … Continue reading
Posted in Empennage
Hours Logged: 1.5
Panel-ey stuff
OK, so I’m not logging any actual time for this, which is pretty much in keeping with what I’ve been doing all along. I only really log time spent actually out in the shop. Time spent doing random research/reading/design/admin stuff … Continue reading
Posted in Panel
Rudder stop fitting
The holidays are over! Which normally isn’t something people say in a joyous tone, but in this case it means I can start getting back into the swing of things. I spent most of today working on building some new … Continue reading
Posted in Empennage
Hours Logged: 1.5
Rudder control stuff
After an overnight stay in Houston for the FlightAware holiday party, we got back home early this afternoon, and I found a few hours to get a spot of work done. I decided to go ahead and attack stringing the … Continue reading
Posted in Fuselage
Hours Logged: 2
Rudder pedal cleanup
Not a lot to report tonight. In preparation for rigging the rudder cables, I brought the rudder pedals up from where they’d been sitting for some time. This revealed a couple things that needed addressing – first, the exposed steel … Continue reading
Posted in Fuselage
Hours Logged: 1
Control column adjustment
Well, first up, I did order the rudder stop I mentioned earlier – unfortunately, it’s on backorder and won’t ship until probably next week. I did spend a little bit of random time this week thinking about cockpit layout stuff, … Continue reading
Posted in Fuselage
Hours Logged: .5